Offline wikipedia on pocketbooks

logan · 12-30-2009, 04:29 AM

Hi,

I'm looking for a way to get wikipedia on my pocketbook 360.
Google gave me some tracks:
- http://users.softlab.ece.ntua.gr/~tt...iaOffline.html which needs very few work on the dump (just split and index article title) but needs several tools/lib on the reader (python, php, perl, xapian)
- aardict but need a really long conversion process.

Does anyone have another idea?

Regards,

Matthieu

wallcraft · 12-30-2009, 07:23 AM

In case you have not seen it, there is an Offline Wikipedia for the Irex Iliad. This approach isn't immediately applicable to the PocketBooks, though, because it requires a web browser.

fjtorres · 12-30-2009, 08:54 AM

Have you considered using the dictionary tools?
Wikipedia (subsets) can be found as DVD-image downloads of essentially pure HTML and as xml query subsets.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_database
It should not be impossible to convert one of the downloads to a standard dictionary format or to XDXF and then use the conversion tools to produce a Wikipedia "dictionary". Of course, how to bridge that divide is an exercise for the student.

Theoretically it could instead be converted to a searchable epub or FB2 ebook with embedded hyperlinks but I doubt the resulting multi-GB file would even open.

logan · 12-30-2009, 12:38 PM

Thx wallcraft, I will take a look on the irex solution.

fjtorres, I've think about dictionary tool but I'm not sure pocketbook will handle dictionary with GB of data.

The other issue is the format: I'd like to get an output close to wikipedia website. Do you know if pocketbook dictionary handle simple html code?

It seems to me that the epub solution isn't realistic.

logan · 12-30-2009, 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wallcraft

In case you have not seen it, there is an Offline Wikipedia for the Irex Iliad. This approach isn't immediately applicable to the PocketBooks, though, because it requires a web browser.

Just thinking: PB 302 has a wifi card. So it will probably integrate a web browser... which could be available for other pocketbook. So the irex solution could work fine with few work

Does anyone could confirm a web browser will be available on pocketbooks?

Francesco · 01-02-2010, 01:49 AM

have you looked in here. There's an EPUB version available. I've used it in my PB360, but it's just too big, and not too easy to navigate.

12-30-2009, 04:29 AM	#1
logan Member Posts: 20 Karma: 104 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: pocketbook 360	Offline wikipedia on pocketbooks Hi, I'm looking for a way to get wikipedia on my pocketbook 360. Google gave me some tracks: - http://users.softlab.ece.ntua.gr/~tt...iaOffline.html which needs very few work on the dump (just split and index article title) but needs several tools/lib on the reader (python, php, perl, xapian) - aardict but need a really long conversion process. Does anyone have another idea? Regards, Matthieu

12-30-2009, 08:54 AM	#3
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	Have you considered using the dictionary tools? Wikipedia (subsets) can be found as DVD-image downloads of essentially pure HTML and as xml query subsets. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_database It should not be impossible to convert one of the downloads to a standard dictionary format or to XDXF and then use the conversion tools to produce a Wikipedia "dictionary". Of course, how to bridge that divide is an exercise for the student. Theoretically it could instead be converted to a searchable epub or FB2 ebook with embedded hyperlinks but I doubt the resulting multi-GB file would even open. Last edited by fjtorres; 12-30-2009 at 08:57 AM.

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12-30-2009, 07:23 AM	#2
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	In case you have not seen it, there is an Offline Wikipedia for the Irex Iliad. This approach isn't immediately applicable to the PocketBooks, though, because it requires a web browser.

12-30-2009, 12:38 PM	#4
logan Member Posts: 20 Karma: 104 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: pocketbook 360	Thx wallcraft, I will take a look on the irex solution. fjtorres, I've think about dictionary tool but I'm not sure pocketbook will handle dictionary with GB of data. The other issue is the format: I'd like to get an output close to wikipedia website. Do you know if pocketbook dictionary handle simple html code? It seems to me that the epub solution isn't realistic.

01-02-2010, 01:49 AM	#6
Francesco Aficionado Posts: 391 Karma: 710 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Denver, CO, USA Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Touch	have you looked in here. There's an EPUB version available. I've used it in my PB360, but it's just too big, and not too easy to navigate.

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